Is there any plan for feature like Source-Insight preview window?
The gist of the feature is the following. There's a small pane below the code editor, when the cursor is moved above a certain AST element, this element is looked at the index, and its declaration/implementation is shown in the window below.
For example, see this magnificent ascii art. The ¶ is the cursor,
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| int main() { |
| fo¶o(); |
| bar(); |
| } |
+--------------+
| void foo() { |
| cout << |
+--------------+
When the cursor is moved to bar, the bottom window automatically moves to show the bar function:
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| int main() { |
| foo(); |
| bar¶(); |
| } |
+--------------+
| void bar() { |
| cin >> i;|
+--------------+
The only reference we've found for this feature is a statement in Eclipse forums, where someone is working on this, from 2009:
And a mailing list feature request:
Couldn't find anything on the bug tracker.
Is there interest to implement this feature in Eclipse CDT?
If there is, we would like to file a feature request and work on it.
Before we start, that would be great if someone would point us to the correct way for the following:
- Where should we hook into the "cursor moved to PDOM element" event.
- Adding a new panel to the bottom, which is capable of previewing DOM.
- Moving the preview window to have a certain PDOM element in view.
Maybe mention a similar patches we can look at.
Thanks,
